Jeremy Roenick
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Jeremy Shaffer Roenick (born January 17, 1970) is a professional ice hockey center playing for the Phoenix Coyotes.
Playing career
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Roenick has played for the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, and Los Angeles Kings. He was drafted in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, 1st Round, 8th Overall by Chicago. His best seasons were 1992-93 and 1993-94 when he had 107 points each.In the 1996 Western Conference semi-finals between the Colorado Avalanche and the Chicago Blackhawks, Roenick said, "I'd like to know where Patrick was in Game 3 (a game in which Roenick had scored on Patrick Roy), probably up trying to get his jock out of the rafters." Roy retorted with his now-famous line, "I can't hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears."
An infamously outspoken individual, Roenick stirred up controversy during 2004-2005's lockout, when he addressed certain fans that perceive NHL players as being spoiled. Roenick told these fans to "kiss my ass" and accused them of being jealous. He stated further that he would prefer that those fans who shared that perception no longer attend NHL games or watch them on television. Afterwards, Roenick felt his remarks had been taken out of context by ESPN. [link] He was famously critical of both the NHL owners and the NHLPA council.
Roenick also alienated his team at the time, the Philadelphia Flyers, when he claimed to be suffering from a concussion in order to extract injury pay during the lockout, despite the Flyers' doctors having cleared him to play. After the Flyers surprised everyone by signing Peter Forsberg on August 3, 2005, Roenick was traded the next day to the Los Angeles Kings in order to clear salary cap space for Forsberg's contract.
Roenick's penchant for stirring controversy also saw him claiming in 2006 that USA Hockey has "blackballed" him, and was being disrespectful by not including him on the American national team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He claimed, "I'm a lot better player than my points indicate"; he had six goals and seven assists in 32 games when he made that comment.
On February 8, 2006, The Star Ledger reported that Roenick had been identified as one of several NHL players implicated in Operation Slapshot -- an operation created with the intent to uncover a nationwide gambling ring. Other notable names involved in this investigation are Phoenix Coyotes' Assistant Coach Rick Tocchet, and wife of famous NHL player Wayne Gretzky, Janet Jones. [link]
On the whole, Roenick's 2005-06 campaign with the Kings was greatly disappointing, both for Roenick and for the team. Roenick has decided to take the off-season to bring his hockey game to a much better form. He has expressed strong interest in joining a Canadian team.
Roenick and his wife Tracy have two children; daughter, Brandi, and son, Brett. They live in Arizona during the summer. Tracy Roenick is an avid Equestrian rider, owner and trainer who earned a spot on the United States Equestrian Team Long List in 2001.
On June 28th 2006, Roenick made it clear that he would like to sign in Canada for the 2006-07 Season and for cheap. "It was a nightmare season from hell last year," Roenick said, "I've always said I would like to play in Canada before my career is over,". [link] However, on July 4th, 2006, Roenick signed a one year, 1.2 million dollar deal that sent him back to the Phoenix Coyotes.
Quotes
- "We're going to try to make it better for everybody, period, end of subject. And if you don't realize that, then don't come. We don't want you at the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey... I say personally, to everybody who called us 'spoiled,' you guys are just jealous ... we have tried so, so hard to get this game back on the ice." -- June 26, 2005, comments made following the 2005 Mellon Mario Lemieux Celebrity Invitational golf tournament, near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
- "I know nobody on that team has more points in the National Hockey League than me. So if they want to go that way, good luck... [t]o not have the opportunity to go back one more time and try and win the gold is obviously, in my opinion, very disrespectful." -- December 20, 2005 after learning he was not selected to join the fourth U.S. Olympic hockey team.
Awards
- QMJHL Second All-Star Team - 1989
- Played in 9 NHL All-Star Games - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
Career statistics
As of end of 2005-06 NHL season
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1988-89 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 28 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 1988-89 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 20 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1989-90 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 78 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 1990-91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 79 | 41 | 53 | 94 | 80 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1991-92 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 53 | 50 | 103 | 98 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 12 | ||
| 1992-93 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 84 | 50 | 57 | 107 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1993-94 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 84 | 46 | 61 | 107 | 125 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1994-95 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994-95 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 33 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1995-96 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 66 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 109 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1996-97 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 72 | 29 | 40 | 69 | 115 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1997-98 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 79 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 103 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1998-99 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 78 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999-00 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 75 | 34 | 44 | 78 | 102 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2000-01 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 80 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 114 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 75 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2002-03 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 79 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2003-04 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 62 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 62 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 2005-06 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 58 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 36 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL totals | 1182 | 484 | 658 | 1142 | 1381 | 136 | 51 | 65 | 116 | 101 | ||||
International play
Played for the United States in:
- 1991 Canada Cup (silver medal)
- 1991 World Championships
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- 2002 Winter Olympics (silver medal)
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | United States | Oly | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2002 | United States | Oly | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
See also
External link
- [Fan site]
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